Quinte, Kingston, Rideau Building Healthy and Vibrant Communities
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Your Community in Profile: Quinte, Kingston, Rideau Lanark Leeds and Hastings Grenville Frontenac Lennox and Prince Addington Edward Building healthy and vibrant communities The Ontario Trillium Foundation is an agency of the Government of Ontario. Table of Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 4 Regional Map...................................................................................................................5 Summary for Quinte, Kingston, Rideau (QKR)............................................................. 8 People in Your Community - Population, Language and Diversity.......................... 10 Quinte, Kingston, Rideau Population Overview........................................................... 10 Age Groups ................................................................................................................. 15 Youth ...........................................................................................................................18 Seniors Living Alone.................................................................................................... 19 Urbanization ................................................................................................................ 20 Official Language Groups – English and French......................................................... 22 Francophones.............................................................................................................. 24 Non-official Language Groups..................................................................................... 25 First Nations and Other Aboriginal Populations........................................................... 30 Visible Minority ............................................................................................................ 32 Immigrant Population................................................................................................... 34 Labour Force ................................................................................................................. 37 Full Time and Part Time Work Activity ........................................................................ 42 Education.......................................................................................................................44 Income............................................................................................................................ 49 Individuals - Average and Median Income ................................................................. 49 Households - Average and Median Income ................................................................ 53 Low Income ................................................................................................................. 56 After-tax Income - First-time Data From the Census................................................... 57 Data Sources ................................................................................................................. 58 Census Concepts and Definitions............................................................................... 59 List of Tables Table 1 – Median Age 2001 and 2006 ............................................................................ 17 Table 2 - Youth Population in 2001 and 2006................................................................. 18 Table 3 - Top Ten Non-official Mother Tongue Languages ............................................ 29 Table 4 - Visible Minority Population............................................................................... 33 Table 5 - Rank of Newcomers by Major Place of Birth ................................................... 36 Table 6 - Top Five Industries by Employed Population................................................... 39 Table 7 - Top Five Occupations ...................................................................................... 40 Table 8 - Population 15 Years and Over With Employment Income, by Work Activity ... 43 Table 9 - Ranking of Major Field of Study by Sex in QKR .............................................. 48 Table 10 - Low Income Economic Families 2005 ........................................................... 56 OTF – 2008 Community Profile - QKR 2 List of Charts Chart 1 - Regional Population Within Ontario’s Total Population.................................... 10 Chart 2 - Population 2001 and 2006 ............................................................................... 11 Chart 3 - Population Change 1996-2006 ........................................................................ 11 Chart 4 - Population Change by Municipality 2001-2006................................................ 13 Chart 5 - Population by Major Age Groups ..................................................................... 15 Chart 6 - Age Pyramid for QKR....................................................................................... 16 Chart 7 - Youth as Percentage of Total Population in 2001 and 2006............................ 18 Chart 8 - Seniors Living Alone 2006 ............................................................................... 19 Chart 9 - Urbanization 2006............................................................................................ 20 Chart 10 - Urbanization by Municipality .......................................................................... 21 Chart 11 - Mother Tongue Spoken 2006......................................................................... 23 Chart 12 - Francophones 2001 and 2006 ....................................................................... 24 Chart 13 - Top Ten Non-official Mother Tongue Languages in QKR .............................. 25 Chart 14 - Top Ten Non-official Mother Tongue Languages in Frontenac...................... 26 Chart 15 - Top Ten Non-official Mother Tongue Languages in Hastings........................ 26 Chart 16 - Top Ten Non-official Mother Tongue Languages in Lanark........................... 27 Chart 17 - Top Ten Non-official Mother Tongue Languages in Leeds and Grenville...... 27 Chart 18 - Top Ten Non-official Mother Tongue Languages in Lennox and Addington.. 28 Chart 19 - Top Ten Non-official Mother Tongue Languages in Prince Edward County .. 28 Chart 20 - Aboriginal Population 2001 and 2006 ............................................................ 30 Chart 21 - Aboriginal Groups in QKR.............................................................................. 31 Chart 22 - Visible Minority Population in QKR ................................................................ 32 Chart 23 - Distribution of Canadian-born and Foreign-born Population.......................... 34 Chart 24 - Period of Immigration ..................................................................................... 35 Chart 25 - Newcomers to QKR by Place of Birth ............................................................ 36 Chart 26 - Employed Population 15 Years and Over 2001 and 2006 ............................. 37 Chart 27 - Employed Population 15 Years and Over ...................................................... 38 Chart 28 - Rate of Unemployment for Males and Females............................................. 38 Chart 29 - Rate of Unemployment by Major Age Groups ............................................... 39 Chart 30 - Top Five Industries by Employed Population in QKR .................................... 40 Chart 31 - Top Five Occupations in QKR........................................................................ 41 Chart 32 - Type of Work Activity - Full Time and Part Time Work .................................. 42 Chart 33 - Full Time Work Activity by Sex....................................................................... 43 Chart 34 - Percent of Population 25-64 Years in QKR by Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree Attained....................................................................................................... 44 Chart 35 - Population 25-64 Years by Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree .............. 45 Chart 36 - Population 25-64 Years With Postsecondary Qualifications by Location of Study........................................................................................................................ 46 Chart 37 - Major Fields of Study in QKR......................................................................... 47 Chart 38 - Average Before-tax Income ($) of Individuals by Sex in 2005 ....................... 49 Chart 39 - Median Before-tax Income ($) of Individuals by Sex in 2005......................... 50 Chart 40 - Median Before-tax Income ($) of Individuals by Municipality 2005 ................ 51 Chart 41 - Average and Median Before-tax Income ($) for Private Households in 2005 53 Chart 42 - Average and Median Before-tax Income for Private Households by Municipality in 2005 ................................................................................................. 54 Chart 43 - Prevalence of Low Income Before-tax and After-tax in Economic Families in 2005......................................................................................................................... 56 OTF – 2008 Community Profile - QKR 3 Community Profile: Quinte, Kingston and Rideau Introduction The following profile is based on demographic trends in your community between 2001 and 2006. During this period, Ontario saw its population grow by 6.6 per cent,